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<h2>minipage</h2>



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 \begin{minipage}[position]{width}

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 \end{minipage}

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<p>The minipage environment is similar to a

    <tt><a href="ltx-294.html">\parbox</a></tt> command. It takes

    the same optional position argument and mandatory width

    argument. You may use other paragraph-making environments such

    as the <a href="lists.html">list-making</a> and

    <a href="ltx-68.html">tabular</a> environments inside a

    minipage. You can also use the minipage environment or

    <tt><a href="ltx-294.html">\parbox</a></tt> command to put one

    or more paragraphs inside of a <a href="ltx-43.html">picture

        environment</a> or as a <a href="ltx-67.html">table item</a>,

    for example.</p>


<p>There is no paragraph indentation in the minipage

    environment. That is, LaTeX sets

    <tt><a href="ltx-86.html#lencmd">\parindent</a></tt> to zero;

    however, you may override this with a

    <tt><a href="ltx-88.html">\setlength</a></tt> command.</p>


<p> Footnotes in a minipage environment are handled in a

    way that is particularly useful for putting footnotes in

    figures or tables. A

    <tt><a href="ltx-231.html">\footnote</a></tt> command puts the

    footnote at the bottom of the minipage instead of at the

    bottom of the page, and it uses the <tt>mpfootnote</tt>

    <a href="ltx-3.html">counter</a> instead of the ordinary

    footnote counter. If you want the footnote in a minipage

    environment to be placed at the bottom of the actual page, in

    the usual fashion, use the

    <tt><a href="ltx-232.html">\footnotemark</a></tt> and

    <tt><a href="ltx-234.html">\footnotetext</a></tt> commands.</p>


<p><strong>Note</strong>: if you put one minipage inside

    another and if you are using footnotes, they may wind up at

    the bottom of the wrong minipage.</p>


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    See also <a href="ltx-27.html">Environments</a>,

    <a href="ltx-143.html">Spaces and Boxes</a><br>

    See also <tt><a href="ltx-294.html">\parbox</a></tt><br>

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